Ags Meet Baylor in First Home Game Friday
Huffman and Henderson Come Through To
Bring Aggies Biggest Upset of the Season
Pre-Game
Festivites To
Highlight Tilt
Cadets Seek To
Extend Winnings
At Bears’ Expense
Surprises, surprises, and more
surprises! Will they never end.
It happens in football, basket
ball, baseball, and in every other
sport, and it has been more than
once that the Texas Aggies turned
out to be the culprits. It hap
pened again Tuesday night in
Houston when Coach Marty
Karow’s hustling five sprung one
of the biggest upsets in basketball
history by edging out the hereto
fore undefeated and powerful
Rice Owls—the same team that
showed the East how basketball
is played in downing such powers
as Fordham, Phillips 66 Oilers,
and LaSalle university. Then they
opened their conference season
with a smashing 62-38 triumph
over Texas university who in turn
trounced the Aggies 46-32 in Aus
tin last week.
We mentioned in this column
the day before the game the pos
sibilities of the Aggie cage team
should Bill Henderson and Lee
Huffman get hot one night. Well,
Henderson got in shape faster than
anyone could hope or suspect and
Huffman was hotter than a New
Year’s firecracker. Ray Jarrett
and Mike Cokinos helped out con
siderably with their expert floor
game, and the result came about
in an Aggie victory.
The fact that the players were
confident of victory had a lot to
do with the result. If a player
starts believing that he will get
whipped, in all probability he won’t
be far wrong. But the Aggies were
not that way. All knew that they
had a hard game ahead of them,
but that the possibility of vic
tory was not too remote. Mike
Cokinos, fiery guard, said to this
writer before he left for the game,
“Sure, we’re going to whip the
h—1 out of them. You just wait
and see. We’ll surprise a lot of
people.” No doubt Cokinos knew
what he was talking about because
most of the 6,500 Aggies are still
dumbfounded.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Bill
Henderson Receives Basketball of Rice Tilt
Bill Henderson, hero of the Ag
gie victory over Rice Tuesday
night, was awarded the basketball
with which he managed to score
15 points . . . Coinciding with the
report that Leonard Dickey and
Andy Andricks, two of Coach Hom
er Nortons most promising grid-
sters, are leaving school to enter
the armed forces is that Charlie
DeWare, co-freshman coach, will
be doing most of his coaching in
Uncle Sam’s army for the dura
tion of the war . . . DeWare, one
of the greatest centers produced
by Aggieland, has come a long
way since graduating—-Starting
out as a student assistant under
H. R. “Hub” McQuillan, Charlie
finally moved up to the freshman
head coach position along with
Manning Smith . . . DeWare’s real
coaching ability was clearly shown
last year when he coached the un
derdog White team to a victory
over Brahma Jones’ Maroons in
the annual charity game . . . Char
lie loves the coaching game and
plans to come back to A. & M.
and continue his duties as a coach
. . . Such determination certainly
cannot go undaunted and we are
sure that one of these days Char
lie DeWare will get his dream—
that of a head football coach . . .
Good luck, Charlie . . . Don’t for
get the Red Cross Charity game
this Saturday at 2:30 . . . Let’s
£.11 help out by attending.
Sixteen gifts and grants total
ing $28,025, including a $10,000
memorial grant for research re
lated to purposes of the university
arboretum, have been accepted by
the University of Wisconsin.
Surprising the sports world
with an unexpected 36-34 victory
over the Rice Institute Owls in
Houston Tuesday night, the Texas
Aggies will attempt to chalk up
another conference victory when
they take on the Baylor Bears in
DeWare Field House Friday night
at 7:30.
The Bears made a favorable
showing in the National Basket
ball Tournament early this sea
son. Dwight Parks, Bear guard,
was high-point man of the tourna
ment with 36 points. At the pres
ent time Parks ranks third in the
list of scorers of the Southwest
conference with 33 points.
The Bruins further extended
their winning column when they
defeated the Southern Methodist
Mustangs 45-41 in an overtime
game Tuesday night. Parks was
high scorer for the Bears with
14 points. Mark Belew, forward,
and Frivaldsky, center, each ac
counted for 10 points. Jack Wil
son, showing that he is skilled in
basketball as well as football, sank
the goal which took the game into
extra time.
The opening Southwest confer
ence game in the DeWare Field
House will be heralded with color
ful pre-game ceremonies. The
United States flag, flanked by
flags of A. & M. and Baylor, will
be hung at the south end of the
gym. Immediately before the open
ing of the game, all the lights
will be extinguished and a spot
light will light up the Ameri
can flag as the Aggie band ren
ders the National Anthem. Fol
lowing this the band will play
the Alma Maters of the two
schools. The starting players of
the Aggies and the Bears will be
introduced in the spotlight as they
come on the floor from the dress
ing rooms. The game will begin
at the conclusion of the cere
monies. The tumbling team will
probably give an exhibition at the
(See BAYLOR GAME, Page 4)
Rice Owls Upset
By Aggies, 34-36,
In Tilt Tues Night
The Texas\ Aggies took the role
of giant-killers in Houston Tues
day night when they upset the
Rice Institute Owls in a thrilling
tilt that ended with a 36 to 34
score.
The highly-touted Owls, rated
by most sports authorities as the
best cage five in the country, went
down before the persistant on
slaughts of the fighting Cadets.
The Owls led at half-time with a
score of 20-18.
Sparked by Captain “Jitterbug”
Henderson, who led the scorers
with 15 points, the Aggies cut
loose with everything and fought
back to take over. In the closing
minutes the Cadets refused three
foul shots in order to retain pos
session of the ball and froze the
ball to keep it away from the
Owls.
The last five minutes of the
game saw only one field goal,
by Rice, tossed as the Aggies play
ed a waiting game. Bob Kinney,
Rice’s All-American basketeer, was
so closely guarded that he was
able to make only two field goals,
both of which were in the first
half. Kinney tossed four free
throws to bring his total up to
eight for the night.
Mike Cokinos and Fred Nabors
did exceptional defensive work for
the Aggies and along with Hender
son, Leland Huffman, Bill Under
wood, Ray Jarrett, Jamie Dawson,
Les Peden, and Bill Nutto kept the
ball in the Aggie end of the court
enough to keep the Owls from
tallying.
RICE (34) TEXAS A. & M. (36)
Fg Ft Tp Fg Ft Tp
Gloss, f 3 2 8 Jarrett, f 2 15
Gomez, f 2 0 4 Nabors, f 2 0 4
Lewis, f 0 0 0 Dawson, f 0 0 0
Walters, f 0 0 0 Underwood, f 0 0 0
Kinney, c 2 4 8 Henderson, c 6 3 15
Palmer, g 3 2 7 Cokinos, g 2 0 4
Lambert, g 3 1 7 Huffman, g 3 0 6
Zander, g 0 0 0 Nutto, g 0 0 0
Peden, g 0 0 0
13 8 34 16 4 36
Officials: A. B. Curtis and Bob Kiersky.
Personal fouls: Gloss 2, Gomez, Palmer
4, Jarrett, Nabors 2, Henderson 2, Cokinos
4, Dawson, Underwood 3, Peden.
Free throws missed: Gloss, Kinney 3,
Lambert 3, Lewis, Jarrett, Cokinos.
Half-time score: Rice 20 ; Texas A. & M.
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JANUARY 15, 1942 Page 3
INTRAMffRALS
Oxford
With the weather as it has
been, ping pong continues to dom
inate class B sports. A Signal Corps
played a fast and shifty game to
beat F Infantry
by the close score
of 3-2. Blitzing
H d q., Signal
Corps, D Caval
ry won their ping
pong match with
the coulomb cha
sers by a score of
5-0. M Infantry
chalked up four
games to B Re
placement Cen
ter’s one game and H CAC took a
close one by beating C CWS 3-2.
Old “Big B” Infantry proved they
are big by winning over Hdq. Cav
alry 4-1.
Dog House Almost Vacant
Again the Dog House is almost
empty. This is good work, fellows.
Keep it up. The intramural depart
ment investigates almost everty
forfeit that occurs and they have
found that it is usually the for
getfulness of the recreational of
ficers to remind the boys that they
have a game scheduled.
A note to recreational officers:
Be sure and keep up with your
playing schedules.
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Class A:
3 Hdq. FA, Speedball
Volleyball Matches in Playoff
Class B Volleyball is in the
playoffs and recent playoff matches
have been taking place im the lit
tle gym. Playing the game in an
indoor court seems to speed the
game up considerably. The offic
ials have an easier job, too. They
are placed directly above the net
and are able to readily see any
foul committed.
Class A Speedball
Speedball is occupying the top
place in class A matches now.
This game, dreamed up by the in
tramural department you might
Aggies Score First
Win Over Rice Owls
Since '37-38 Season
When the Texas Aggies pasted
a 36-34 upset win over Rice Insti
tute, it was the first time a Cadet
team has tasted victory over the
Owls since the 1937-38 season. It
was the day that Pete Dowling,
famous Aggie athlete, and his
gang of giant-killers got hot and
won 28-24 at College Station.
Not since the 1930-31 season,
however, have the Aggies won over
the Owls in Houston. They scor
ed a 26-23 victory during that year.
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say, is very popular with the cadet
corps. And the Aggies really play
it with zeal. G CAC played the
game very zealously to beat C
Engineers by a score of 23-3. Next
in the line of high scores of the
day is D Cavalry. The boys of the
“Bangtails” downed F Replace
ment Center 17-2.
E Field Downs E Engineers
E Battery Field Artillery, the
home of many intramural cham
pionships might be on their way to
winning another flag. The members
of E battery took D Engineers for
a buggy ride. The final outcome
of the buggy ride was E FA, 11;
E Engineers, 3.
Ark Works Hard
For Rice Series
Friday, Saturday
Fayetteville, Ark:, Jan. 15.—
This is the week “they go to
work” on the University of Ar
kansas basketball practice floor
as Coach Glen Rose plots Razor-
back strategy to be used against
the Rice Owls at Houston Friday
and Saturday nights.
The coming series well may de
termine the 1942 Southwest con
ference champions, since Buster
Brannon’s Owls have been touted as
favorites since last spring and
Rose’s Razorbacks are far from
being willing to be counted out of
the title running.
A clean sweep of last week’s
series against the clever S.M.U.
Mustangs shot the Razorbacks to
the top of the heap, a spot where
Arkansas teams finished nine times
in 18 years. Each game was de
cided by two points and served
to toughen the champs for jobs
ahead. Not even the most ardent
Razorback supporter is expecting
more than an even break at Hous
ton, but even a split should leave
Arkansas no lower than second
place in the standing. Baylor,
which shares the spotlight with
Arkansas and Rice, has a tough
task against S.M.U. In all prob
ability the title chase will assume
a definite stand by next Sunday.
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Shape for Annual Charity Contest
Tickets for the second annual
Maroo^i and White football game
to be played this Saturday after
noon are moving at a fast clip, and
from all indications there will he
a good crowd to see the two teams
play for the benefit of the Red
Cross, as all funds are to go to
that organization’s war relief fund.
The Whites, coached by Bill Con-
atser and the Maroons, tutored by
Bill Buchanan, have gotten down
to hard work in preparation for the
tilt. As the teams take shape the
Maroons are slated to' take the field
with a decided weight advantage,
but the Whites’are planning on a
speedy team and expect to have a
passing attack to rely upon.
All equipment is being furnish
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the coaches and officials are do
nating their time. The officials for
the contest will be W. L. Penberthy,
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